Chapter Seven: Somewhere to Belong

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I suck at third person so have fun deciphering this. RIP you guys. This entire chapter will take place around the time Balthazar is born to now.

Third Person (Focusing on Gabriel and Balthazar)
Flashbacks

Balthazar Sebastian Shurley was born early March, March third at six twenty-two am to young mother Annabelle "Anna" Lee Shurley and an unknown father, he was never mentioned on the birth certificate so no one will ever know who he was, and Balthazar will always feel like he is missing something because of this. Anna was sixteen at the time and was in no way fit to be a mother but she loved her infant, her first born, a son. At the time she was more then a little terrified of Balthazar's father, so she never told him he had a son, let alone she was pregnant, he was a secret. Balthazar was three when his world got a little bigger, his little brother was born; Gabriel Luke Shurley, as he was called was born August fourteenth at three fifty-nine to mother Anna and his father was a touring musician and author Charles "Chuck" Allen Novak. Their mother was a drug addict, she could hardly keep her act together nine months. Anna, was barely nineteen when she convinced Gabriel, she claimed he was her miracle from God; she really did love her little boys.
Gabriel was two when his mother was seen to be unfit to take care of her two boys temporarily they were placed in the care of their Aunt Naomi. They're Aunt was a very strict woman who's husband had left her a few months prior leaving her to solely care for their twin sons Rapheal Alexzander Monroe and Uriel Ryan Monroe, who were eight years old at the time, and rose more then enough hell for the four young boys. The twins took to beating up Gabriel as he was smaller and weaker of the younger cousins and locking Balthazar in a closet for hours on end. Yes, Balthazar did tell his Aunt, but she wouldn't believe him because her boys were precious little angels that could do no wrong. At the age of eight Balthazar was in first grade and Gabriel was placed in kindergarten, Gabriel didn't speak much to people outside of his family. Soon, very soon, Naomi would tell the government that she could no longer care for Balthazar and his baby brother. Thus, making the inseparable pair wardens of the state until they were adopted or at least one of the two turned eighteen.
Balthazar and Gabriel bounced from house to house, almost always staying with each other. There was very few times they were separated, mostly because Gabriel's mental state would decline without his brother. In one of the households Gabriel lived alone in his older foster brother, he was fifteen, would do unspeakable things to him when they were supposed to be sleeping. Gabriel wasn't quite the same after that year, he was only seven. It was during his year and a half in this household, alone without a brother or a friend he started to self-harm it became a secret and an addiction. He swore to never tell his big brother about it, and he never did, Balthazar found out on his own because Balthazar has his way about things.
Then Gabriel and Balthazar were in the worst household, this time they were together. Their foster mother started off nice, they really liked her and thought she could be the one who would adopt them, both of them. Then Gabriel's ninth birthday came and passed, after that she was no longer the nice lady they had been placed with. If they were  miss behaved she would beat them and lock them in a closet, for hours on end, and after that if they didn't shape up they wouldn't be fed, that night. It started to take an obvious toll on the two boys, you could see the signs on their bodies, it was bad enough that the one teacher couldn't keep silent anymore, and she called Child Protective Services (CPS) on her and the boys were finally out of her custody.
The year Gabriel turned eleven, his mother was finally released. The incident that got the boys taken away was a simple misunderstanding and Anna was under the influence of drugs, so she was taken away to rehab and then jail time, by the time she was released she had missed to much of her boys life and her record would not allow her to get custody over them, again. So, the best she could do was visitation rights, they would always be watched and monitored but she didn't mind as long as it meant she could see her boys again. Balthazar outright ignored his mother and her request by refusing to visit her, and give her a chance; he urged Gabriel to do the same but he always wondered what she was like, so against his brother's wishes and his better judgement he went to see the shadow of the woman who made him what he was today. Balthazar was less then pleased but he soon get over that. 
At the age if twelve Gabriel had his first boyfriend, he was bullied sure but he really liked the boy and he hoped he did too. The woman they were staying with had promised to adopt him, but couldn't adopted Balthazar because of some issues. Gabriel wasn't pleased at all, but Balthazar said he didn't mind so they left it at that. Then his boyfriend started hitting him and Balthazar found out, despite Gabriel's best efforts to hide it from him. Gabriel thought it was fine, and it didn't really bother him. Balthazar jumped the guy and beat him near death. Balthazar was sent to Juvi and things really fell apart for Gabriel after that; the state had almost given up getting contact from Gabriel's real father. With no one wanting to take him in and Balthazar in Juvi, Gabriel was sent to an all boys home, the game was specifically for boys with similar pasts and it was only temporary until they could find a placement for the troubled teens.
Finally word came from Gabriel's father, he would indeed take both boys in. Gabriel was thirteen. He couldn't have been any more excited to finally have a really family. They welcomed him in, he arrived a few days before Balthazar got out. There was Lucifer and Micheal, twins; they were from Gabriel's father's wife, Becky's previous engagement, and he adopted them. Then there was Castiel, he wasn't adopted he was Gabriel's father and Becky's kid. Then there was Gabriel and Balthazar, his current foster kids; one of them being his real son, that he hadn't known was alive until he got contacted about them and he was thrilled. Gabriel was worried he wouldn't be liked. He worried so much he didn't talk or really eat until Balthazar was home with him.
Gabriel's adoption was coming up, it was a week before his fourteenth birthday. Balthazar was under inspection for something he most likely did, he couldn't get adopted with his little brother but he insisted Gabriel still get adopted, it was fine by him. So Gabriel was adopted three months before everything went to hell between Micheal and Lucifer, so much for Gabriel's perfect family.
Gabriel met Sam and immediately called Balthazar about it. Balthazar was less then pleased that his little brother liked another boy, anyone actually, after what that little shit did to him so he warned him against it and told him if he did to be careful. Balthazar didn't need a repeat of what happened the last time someone hurt his little brother. Gabriel, was almost always carefully but he had a feeling this was going to be somehow different.
They had both searched far and wide to find a place to belong before finding it here, so both Gabriel and Balthazar were determined to make it theirs. It was their life forever and no one was going to take that. Gabriel still went to see his mother who sense then gotten married and had a daughter, she named her Claire and she's three, and she has a baby girl on the way Alexzandria or Alex, and how she wished that her oldest boy would come and see her, just once but he still refused. It broke her heart but she knows she deserves it more then anything in the world.

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This was super hard to write
Anyone notice any of my cleverly placed punssss.

Gabriel is the Godfather of his little sisters.

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